I just brought my Mac laptop back home, where we have a wireless set, and all our computers at home are PCs. I put in the password to get onto the wireless network, and it says there is a error joining the network. We are using a Linksys router. I wouldn't typically think there would be a problem in computer systems. What could possibly be the problem?
2006-12-21 05:07:11 · 5 answers · asked by Aimee L 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Okay, I had the exact same problem connecting my Mac to my wireless network. I'll bet I know what's going on. When you go to connect to your network on the Mac, a screen will pop up asking for you to enter the password. My problem is that I didn't actually READ the whole screen. There is a pull-down menu that defaults to WEP password. This wants the alphanumeric password you put into your router to GENERATE your WEP key. You can pull this menu down and select the other option (I think it says like 64 bit WEP Hexadecimal or something like that). You HAVE to do this if you want to enter the actual hexadecimal WEP key (eg 1F2C6ADD12). Just pull down the menu and you will see the options I'm talking about.
Hope that is clear and helps!
2006-12-21 06:48:43 · answer #1 · answered by Reed W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Operating system should not make a difference. If you can tell me a bit more about how you have your wireless network configured, I may be able to help. Are you using the correct authentication method when you try to get the Mac onto the network?
2006-12-21 05:13:36 · answer #2 · answered by MarnenLK 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'd pick a pc for the easy reason that a pc in many circumstances has extra upgradeable, a lot less severe priced hardware, and has a much wider selection of software accessible. With Microsoft having lately made a leap decrease back in course of creating reliable software, the alternative of installation Linux, and far more cost-effective hardware, pcs are frequently an all-round safer guess.
2016-12-01 01:28:23 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you are connected to the wireless network but cannot access your home LAN check to make sure that you are actually getting an IP address from the DHCP server.
go to START > RUN > type in
this will verify that you are getting an IP address. next type in
you should be able to see all of the other systems on the network that are currently connected. you may have to change the name of your WORKGROUP to that of the other computers on your home LAN
2006-12-21 05:16:57 · answer #4 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should not make a difference on the operating system you are connecting with. I would find out what encryption type (WPA or WEP,etc) do you have setup on your wireless router? When you connect using your MAC you have the same encryption type selected.
2006-12-21 05:14:18 · answer #5 · answered by afox1998 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋